Steven Erikson cytaty

Steven Erikson, właściwie Steve Rune Lundin – pisarz fantasy. Przez długi czas żył w Wielkiej Brytanii, obecnie mieszka w Kanadzie. Z wykształcenia archeolog i antropolog.

Porównywany do największych twórców gatunku. Najbardziej znanym dziełem Eriksona są Opowieści z Malazańskiej Księgi Poległych, cykl fantasy o wojnie, o losach ludzi i innych istot, które zmagają się w wielkich bitwach stali i magii. Akcja cyklu została umieszczona głównie w Imperium Malazańskim oraz na jego pograniczu. Pierwsza książka tej serii, Ogrody Księżyca, będąc jednocześnie debiutem autora w dziedzinie fantastyki, uzyskała w 1999 roku nominację do Nagrody World Fantasy w kategorii „Novel” .

Pierwsze tomy Opowieści z Malazańskiej Księgi Poległych przypominają nieco cykl Czarna Kompania Glena Cooka. Sam autor przyznaje, że sztuki narracji uczył się gdzie popadnie – jak choćby czytając Roberta Ludluma. Cykl liczy 10 tomów, w Polsce każdy z tomów 3–10 został rozbity na dwie części w pierwszym wydaniu. Wydanie drugie wszystkich 10 tomów ukazało się w latach 2012–14. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. Październik 1959   •   Natępne imiona სტივენ ერიკსონი, استیون اریکسون
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Steven Erikson słynne cytaty

„Nie można mordować w imię sprawiedliwości.”

Myto ogarów (2008)

„Uzdrawianie nie opiera się na miłosierdziu, lecz na kalkulacji.”

Ogrody księżyca (1999)

Steven Erikson cytaty

„Duma skłania do szukania konfrontacji i pozbawia rozsądku.”

Ogrody księżyca (1999)

Steven Erikson: Cytaty po angielsku

“Civilization after civilization, it is the same.”

Steven Erikson książka Midnight Tides

Midnight Tides (2004)
Kontekst: Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived necessity, in the belief that necessity forces conformity, and conformity a certain stability. In a world shaped into conformity, dissidents stand out, are easily branded and dealt with. There is no multitude of perspectives, no dialogue. The victim assumes the face of the tyrant, self-righteous and intransigent, and wars breed like vermin. And people die.

“Fanaticism was poison in the soul, and the first victim in its inexorable, ever-growing list was compassion.”

Steven Erikson książka The Bonehunters

The Bonehunters (2006)
Kontekst: So much had changed inside him. He was no believer in causes, not any more. Certainty was an illusion, a lie. Fanaticism was poison in the soul, and the first victim in its inexorable, ever-growing list was compassion. Who could speak of freedom, when one's soul was bound in chains?

“The Letheri are masters at corrupting words, their meanings. They call war peace, they call tyranny liberty. On which side of the shadow you stand decides a word's meaning.”

Steven Erikson książka Wicher śmierci

Reaper's Gale (2007)
Kontekst: For Hood's sake,' the foreigner muttered. 'What's wrong with words?'
'With words,' said Redmask, turning away, 'meanings change.'
'Well,' Anaster Toc said, following as Redmask made his way back to his army's camp, 'that is precisely the point. That's their value — their ability to adapt -'
'Grow corrupt, you mean. The Letheri are masters at corrupting words, their meanings. They call war peace, they call tyranny liberty. On which side of the shadow you stand decides a word's meaning. Words are the weapons used by those who see others with contempt. A contempt which only deepens when they see how those others are deceived and made into fools because they choose to believe. Because in their naivety they thought the meaning of a word was fixed, immune to abuse.

“When undeniable crime had been committed, justification was the act of a coward. And it was cowardice that permitted such crimes in the first place.”

Steven Erikson książka Myto ogarów

Toll the Hounds (2008)
Kontekst: When undeniable crime had been committed, justification was the act of a coward. And it was cowardice that permitted such crimes in the first place. No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes.

“Death cannot be struggled against, brother. It ever arrives, defiant of every hiding place, of every frantic attempt to escape.”

Steven Erikson książka Midnight Tides

Midnight Tides (2004)
Kontekst: Death cannot be struggled against, brother. It ever arrives, defiant of every hiding place, of every frantic attempt to escape. Death is every mortal's shadow, his true shadow, and time is its servant, spinning that shadow slowly round, until what stretched behind one now stretches before him.

“There is but one measure to the wisdom of a people, and that is the staying hand. Fail in restraint and murder thrives in your eyes, and all your claims to civilization ring hollow.”

Steven Erikson książka Forge of Darkness

Forge of Darkness (2013)
Kontekst: It is the legacy of most intelligent beings to revel in slaughter for a time,' Haut replied. 'In this we play at being gods. In this, we lie to ourselves with delusions of omnipotence. There is but one measure to the wisdom of a people, and that is the staying hand. Fail in restraint and murder thrives in your eyes, and all your claims to civilization ring hollow.

“Sometimes, mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed … reminding.”

Steven Erikson książka Myto ogarów

Toll the Hounds (2008)
Kontekst: Sometimes, mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed... reminding.

“Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold.”

Steven Erikson książka Forge of Darkness

Forge of Darkness (2013)
Kontekst: Wealth,' they said, 'is a false measure. Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold. Only fools build a fortress of wealth. Only fools would live in it and imagine themselves safe.

“Do not seek to find hope among your leaders. They are the repositories of poison. Their interest in you extends only so far as their ability to control you.”

Steven Erikson książka Midnight Tides

Midnight Tides (2004)
Kontekst: "You leave me without hope," Brys said.
"I am sorry for that. Do not seek to find hope among your leaders. They are the repositories of poison. Their interest in you extends only so far as their ability to control you. For you, they seek duty and obedience, and they will ply you with the language of stirring faith. They seek followers, and woe to those who question, or voice challenge."

“The lesson of history is that no one learns.”

Steven Erikson książka Deadhouse Gates

Źródło: Deadhouse Gates

“Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.”

Steven Erikson książka Ogrody Księżyca

Źródło: Gardens of the Moon

“Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.”

Steven Erikson książka House of Chains

Źródło: House of Chains (2002)

“First in, Last out.


Motto of the bridgeburners”

Steven Erikson książka Memories of Ice

Źródło: Memories of Ice

“Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly."
"I want to be a soldier. A hero."
"You'll grow out of it.”

Steven Erikson książka Ogrody Księżyca

Prologue (p. 5)
Źródło: Gardens of the Moon (1999)
Kontekst: “Heed the lesson there, son.”
“What lesson?”
“Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don’t notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.”
“I want to be a soldier. A hero.”
“You’ll grow out of it.”

“Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.”

Steven Erikson książka Deadhouse Gates

Źródło: Deadhouse Gates

“The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.”

Steven Erikson książka House of Chains

House of Chains (2002)

“Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.”

Steven Erikson książka Deadhouse Gates

Źródło: Deadhouse Gates

“The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.”

Steven Erikson książka Memories of Ice

Źródło: Memories of Ice

“What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.”

Steven Erikson książka Deadhouse Gates

Źródło: Deadhouse Gates

“He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.'
Gothos' Folly”

Steven Erikson książka The Crippled God

Źródło: The Crippled God

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